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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="13-104" title_number="13" title_name="Miscellaneous Health Care Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Hereditary and Congenital Disorders Programs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Advisory Council consists of 11 voting members and 4 nonvoting members.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the 11 voting members:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>1 shall be a member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>1 shall be a member of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>4 shall be professional individuals in the field of hereditary or congenital disorders appointed by the Secretary; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>5 shall be individuals appointed by the Secretary, none of whom may be:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>A health professional or spouse of a health professional; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>An individual or spouse of an individual involved in the administration or ownership of any health care institution or health insurance organization.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the Secretary shall appoint 1 professional member from a list of qualified individuals submitted to the Secretary by each of the following organizations:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Children’s National Health System;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>The faculties of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The number of names on a list shall be 3.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>An organization shall submit its list:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>At least 3 months before the expiration of the term of the professional member who represents the organization; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>If a vacancy is for a reason other than expiration of the term, at any time before the Secretary makes the appointment, if the organization complies with the reasonable request of the Secretary for the list.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>If a list is not submitted to the Secretary as required under subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, within 3 months after a request is made by the Secretary, the Secretary may appoint any professional individual who meets the requirements under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The 4 nonvoting members shall be representatives of the Department, appointed by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each professional individual selected for the Advisory Council shall be knowledgeable in the diagnosis and treatment of hereditary and congenital disorders.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a voting member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of the voting members are staggered as required by the terms provided for voting members of the Advisory Council on July 1, 1982. The terms of those members end as follows:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>3 in 1983;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>3 in 1984;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>3 in 1985; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>2 in 1986.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of a term, a voting member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A voting member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A voting member who serves 2 consecutive full 4–year terms may not be reappointed for 4 years after completion of those terms.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>When a vacancy occurs, a successor shall be appointed promptly.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
